The Joint Competition Committee last September voted to bring the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System, powered by ...

Sept. 23 (UPI) --Major League Baseball entered an age of robot umpiring Tuesday after a league committee approved a high-tech system for players to challenge calls. The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) ...

Major League Baseball's trial of the automated balls and strikes challenge system is experimental no more. The "robot" umpires are coming to MLB starting next season. The league announced on Tuesday, ...

ANAHEIM — It is no surprise that Taylor Ward is in favor of the change to the way balls and strikes will be called next season. Ward has had 62 pitches outside the zone called strikes against him this ...

Hawk-Eye tracking cameras are positioned around the stadium. Five cameras are used to track pitches. Additional cameras around the stadium are used to track player position and ball location. Major ...

Major League Baseball could test robot umpires as part of a challenge system in spring training next year, which could lead to regular-season use in 2026. MLB has been experimenting with the automated ...

The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system is coming to MLB next season, granting teams at least two opportunities per game to send home plate umpires’ ball and strike calls to replay review.

After testing the system for two seasons in Triple-A, Major League Baseball has decided to implement the ABS (Automated Ball-Strike) challenge system at the start of next year’s season. Since the ...